Patrick Williams
My paintings are fun,
and they are supposed to be fun, but they are also
intended to be challenging. In many ways, my work
functions like a comic, drawing heavily on the
lexicon of comic mechanisms, but also invents,
distorts, and leaves few puzzles for the viewer to
discover. The paintings can be viewed as single
panels, or as a collection of snapshots of some
novel, standing perfectly alone yet some how
complete.
I am also heavily
invested in myths, and the way that they relay
information, ideas and of course, misconceptions. I
explore the way myths and stories tell us how to
exist within a society, and what is important. The
weight that myths give to creation and destruction
have come to function heavily in this current
series. Burning foot hills, bleak skies and giant
beasts, the work has evolved in to a myth system of
it’s own. It is a collection of repeating symbols
and metaphors perfect for reinterpretation of modern
life.
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